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As we prepare to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, drivers, collectors, and car owners from more than 30 states will bring their cars, crews, families, and stories to Lime Rock Park for Historic Festival 44. They come from every corner of this great nation to race in the hills of Connecticut, the Constitution State, where the early American idea of written self-government helped shape the freedoms we celebrate today.
And there is something deeply American about that.
The spirit of historic racing was built by barnstormers, mechanics, engineers, risk-takers, and believers in Yankee ingenuity. They built what they could not buy. They fixed what they broke. They crossed the country chasing speed, competition, glory, and the simple question every racer still asks: how fast can we go?
Today’s Historic Festival participants carry that spirit forward. They preserve the cars, the stories, the sound, and the courage of the men and women who made this sport part of America’s soul.
On this July 4th weekend, as we look ahead to America’s 250th, we also pause to honor the veterans who fought and died for our freedom. Because of their sacrifice, we can gather with family, friends, competitors, and fans to celebrate the country we love and the sport that brings us together.
Historic Festival 44 will salute American racing with Trans Am, American muscle, ARCA specials, and drivers from across the nation. And when they arrive, they do more than fill the paddock. They fill our restaurants, inns, hotels, shops, and small towns, bringing energy and pride to the entire Northwest Corner.
Labor Day Weekend, Lime Rock Park becomes the East Coast home of vintage racing and a celebration of history, freedom, community, the American spirit, and the 250th birthday of the greatest country in the world.
